"Wonder Woman Historia" will chronicle the history of the legendary DC character's home of Themyscira. Portland-based comics writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, known for her "Bitch Planet" series and her work on "Captain Marvel," is penning the book for the new DC Black Label imprint.(Image by Phil Jimenez/DC Entertainment)

One of Portland's own is penning the history of one of DC Comics' biggest heroes.

Kelly Sue DeConnick, known for her "Bitch Planet" series and her work on "Captain Marvel" as well as her contributions to "Guardians of the Galaxy," will write "Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons," which will chronicle how Princess Diana's mother rose to power in the character's fictional home of Themyscira.

The book is part of a new imprint, DC Black Label, which will also launch with a Superman story by Frank Miller and a Batman series written by Brian Azzarello. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news Thursday morning.

"Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons" will chronicle Queen Hippolyta's rise to power on the island of Themyscira.Phil Jimenez/DC Entertainment

The new stories will take place outside of each characters' current DC canon, which means creators will have the license to work independently of established storylines and fans can jump in without needing to read several back issues to catch up on plot lines.

DeConnick's series will focus on Queen Hippolyta, mother of Wonder Woman. The story, spanning three books, chronicles the creation of the Amazons and caps off when Steve Trevor — the American war spy played by Chris Pine in last year's "Wonder Woman" film — washes up on Paradise Island.

Phil Jimenez has been hired as the book's artist. He illustrated the main "Wonder Woman" series from 2000 to 2003 and worked on DC's "Infinite Crisis" as well as Marvel's "The New X-Men."

Shortly after the Portland-based writer began working on Captain Marvel, she mobilized the series' loyal fanbase by tweeting the hashtag #carolcorps and enlisting avid readers to voice their support of the character, whose books sold an estimated 20,000 copies per week compared to Spider-Man's 100,000.

"You've got 20,000 monthly readers ... in the comic market that's not that much, but 19,000 of them have tattoos of the main chracter on their arm," DeConnick told the magazine. "It's something else. It's a vocal, committed, and supportive fanbase."

Now, DeConnick is penning a new origin story of sorts for the sole female member of DC's Trinity, the comics company's three most prominent characters. (That's Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman, of course.)

The first of the new DC Black Label series will launch in August with "Superman: Year One."